THEME EXPLORATION

portrait photography

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Shadows from Light
Shadows from Light
1983 · Stephen Dwoskin
Yi Yi
Yi Yi
2000 · Edward Yang
Palermo Shooting
Palermo Shooting
2008 · Wim Wenders
The Sound of Claudia Schiffer
The Sound of Claudia Schiffer
2000 · Nicolas Roeg
Night Colonies
Night Colonies
2021 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Photograph
The Photograph
2008 · Hitoshi Yuho
12 Photographers
12 Photographers
1955 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
Birth of Light
Birth of Light
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
1983 · Jean Rouch
Cousin Bobby
Cousin Bobby
1992 · Jonathan Demme
Diane
Diane
1975 · Alan Clarke
La caméra de Claire
La caméra de Claire
2017 · Hong Sang-soo
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ingmar Bergman Sweden

His films are intimate psychological portraits that penetrate the inner emotional landscapes of his characters through intense close-ups and introspective dialogue.

 Agnès Varda France

She crafted deeply personal visual essays and documentaries that function as loving portraits of individuals, communities, and herself, blending cinema with photographic sensibility.

 Yasujirō Ozu Japan

His distinctive compositional style treats characters as carefully framed subjects, creating meditative portraits of family life through static camera angles and contemplative observation.